Comments

Comment by Syrlin

Got this on my DK from the WotLK Timewalking quest. Looked exciting at first, until I found out that to get the full benefit, you have to stand around channeling and doing nothing else for 4 seconds. Being a channel, it also does activate the global cooldown.

Comment by Tomisu

The phrasing of the trinket text can be confusing. It could read:

Use: Channel latent magic for up to 4 sec, increasing your primary stat by 2534. The duration is extended up to 30 sec if channeled for all 4 seconds. (2 Min Cooldown)

You don't, and can't, channel for 30 seconds.

Comment by Tomisu

Another thing about this trinket, which has worked on a target dummy and in the open world, but not yet tried by me on a raid boss: You can use it before a pull and you'll get the buff without entering combat. Still can pre-pot and enter stealth (if applicable). Of course, if raid bosses act differently, that will surely be noted.

Comment by Deshala

Very enjoyable gameplay provided by this trinket. Blizzard showing their game design chops once again.

Comment by Renuts

The on-use effect from trinket is really cool in terms of "role-playing" game-play. It's not exactly a new concept, however the idea of casting a spell from a powerful item in order to grant yourself immense power just feels really cool in-game. Something that people might not think about at first is that this is a great trinket to use right before the pull after your group/raid leader starts the pull count down timer. Basically you just use/channel the trinket 5 seconds off from the initial pull just like you would when you pre-pot so that in essence you aren't wasting any time by having to just stand there and cast it during combat. This really is a great trinket for those whom are willing and clever enough to get the full potential out of it by figuring out how best to use it at the proper moments in a variety of encounters and situations. Although I do understand that on-use trinkets are not everyone's cup of tea, personally I really enjoy these kinds of items and I do hope that Blizzard continues to make more interesting items in the future. It's nice to have both the set and forget kinds of trinkets, and the on-use types of trinkets that require some degree of micro-management.

This trinket comes with Critical Strike, and a channelled on use effect that grants Primary stats depending on your specialization:

Latent Arcana is an on use channel with a 2 minute cooldown that lasts up to 4 seconds (that can be cancelled early) that provides the Latent Arcana buff lasting up to 30 seconds. This channel is cancelled if you cast another ability.

Latent Arcana grants a large amount of Primary stat depending on how long you spent channelling - so for example a full 4 second channel grants the full 30 seconds of the buff, while a 2 second channel grants 15 seconds. The cooldown after you begin channelling does not change regardless of the channel time.

You can find more about how this trinket stacks up against others for your specialization on the following Wowhead guide pages: